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CLEVELAND -- Drug agents are investigating a narcotics delivery to the home of Cleveland Indians
closer Chris Perez, authorities said today.

Rocky River Police Chief Kelly Stillman said that city officers, a regional narcotics unit
and postal inspectors were involved in an operation yesterday to investigate a delivery to the
Perez home in the lakeside Cleveland suburb.

No charges have been filed and the matter remains under investigation. A message seeking
comment was left for Perez's attorney.

At a news conference today, the chief said that the operation likely originated with a
package that looked suspicious to postal employees. "They took it from there," he said.

Officers with a search warrant took evidence from the Perez house, according to the chief,
but the seized items weren't specified.

Whatever was contained in the "controlled delivery of narcotics" must be analyzed at the
state crime laboratory, according to the chief, who stopped short of speculating what it was.

"Depending on what it was and how much it was, charges will be filed accordingly," Stillman
said.

Indians general manager Chris Antonetti said in a statement that the team has "talked with
Chris" and is "gathering additional information."

Manager Terry Francona, addressing the situation before the Indians' afternoon game today
against the Yankees in New York, said he had reached out to Perez to check on him.

"I spoke to him this morning, called him, just wanted to make sure he was OK," he said. "Out
of respect to everybody involved, that's really all I can say."

The Indians' often-polarizing closer has six saves this season but is on the disabled list
with an injured right shoulder.